Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-11-01
STATE NEWS.
ASpRosCoGGIS.

ASpRoscoGGIS.
Ten of the girls in an Auburn shoe shop
recently purchased ten tickets in the Louisian,
lottery. One of the proprietors told then
that if either of them drew anything he woulC
stand treat. One of the young ladies drew
ten dollars and the proprietor paid for tn,
suppers.
CUMBERLAND.
About so of the friends, old and young. OF
Rev. Elijah Kellogg and wife, gave them
donation party at their home in Harpswell
Tuesday evening Remarks were made by
A. e. Tenney, Esq, of Brunswick, and by
Rev. Mr.. Kellogg. The table and chairs il
the dining room were literally loaded witt
packages of tea, coffee, sugar and whatever
enters into a well provided household. Ii
the kitchen new stove was set up, and
barrel of flour, blankets and what-not. tn,
gifts of friends, were noticed; $50 in casl
were also contributed.
Some twenty of the shore fishing fleet ar
rived in Portland Harbor recently and lande.
over BOG, 900 pounds of cod, hake and paddock
receiving therefor over $1,000. This catcl
is probably the largest ever landed at th
port in one day, and the fish were of extr;
quality, some of the cod at Wyer Brother
weighing over % pounds.
A well known fish dealer of Portland ha
lately purchashed PAGER that he says ha
the record of one-half mile in one minute
mo faster without toe weights.
Friday afternoon at $50 o'clock Mr.. Jane
s. Staples, the well-known printer, foreman
at the Transcript office, while engaged il
work at the office, was stricken with apoplexy
He was conveyed to his home in the ambu
I,.l q
O'Clock
Mr.. Fred w. Adams, principal of TIN
Portland School of Expression has accepte,
"A very fine position in the Boston School o
Dramatic Art, and also position in PLAT
form Hamlet Company" The Portlan,
school will be at his studio at Shaw's Bushes
College to receive all who desire lessons OF
Friday and Saturday of each week ---Th
Ella NJ. Doughty came in Saturday witt
65 900 lbs. of fresh fish, about 30 900 bein,
cod and haddock and the rest hake. Tn
schooner Horace Mann brought "a, 900 lbs
and the Ranger 5000 lbs.
| When the night freight train on the Boston
and Maine arrived Saturday morning a
Portland, the conductor discovered man il
the car containing the packages of SWEET
Express. He had packed up lot of good
into bundles and was all ready to make hi
escape from the car, taking his booty alon,
with him. He gave the name of Charlie
| Sullivan, and says he belongs in Lewiston
1t is thought that he broke into the car a
Dover and employed the time between tina
station and Portland in making his selection
of the goods he wanted to take with him.
The island steamer Greenwood, with .
party of gentlemen, including mining ex
pert, sailed Saturday morning from Portland
for the mouth of the Kennebec to inspect tn,
coal deposits. They returned Sunday after
noon with no very satisfactory results.
will probably be impossible to determine tn,
value of the deposits until the proposed shat
is sunk.
FRANKLIN.
A monster moose was recently killed nea
King Bartlett by A. Douglass, Eustis
required the fifth shot from Douglass -
calibre Winchester rifle to bring him down
The weight of the monster was 1900 pounds
The distance from the base of the skull t,
the tip of the nose, measures q inches, from
the base to the tip of the horns or antlers il
81 l-2 inches while the entire length of the
horn, measuring along its course, is feet :
inches. The widest space in the palm of the
horn reaches l2 inches, and the ear,
bltdsuiSh Il - ththts- Ills HtlgHt & Itet
KESNEBEc.
The water in the Messalonske Lake ha.
not marked so low point for ten years as a
present. This is owing, in great part. n,
doubt, to the draining of East pond las
spring by the bursting of the dam at Smith
field.
We understand, says the Waterville Mail
that the m n 90 of no Main,
have in contemplation the erection of a new
brick freight depot, near where the old on,
now stands, plans for which have been draft
ed. 1t is too early to give the particulars
but the work will probably be done next sea
son. The tracks will probably be straight
ened. and many improvements made
Johnnie, thirteen-year-old son of Pete
Dusty, of Waterville accdently shot himselt
Friday morning, while attempting to load ;
revolver. While placing the cartridge, h,
carelessly held the muzzle toward him, ant
in some way discharged the weapon. the bal
taking effect in the breast. fortunately strik
the bone at an angle and CHANGING out Tn,
boy received no serious injury, but goo,
lesson, and it is hoped the affair will be ;
warning to others.---As b. c. Priest the fore
man in charge of the work at the pumping
station of the Waterville water works, wa,
passing beneath a staging he was struck OF
the head by falling brick and had his skull
fractured
At Rockland J. Z. Hanly and II. NJ. Lord
of the Courier Gazette have associated them
selves together for the purpose of carrying on
real estate brokerage and agency business
They are prepared to buy and sell all kinds
of real estate and act as agents in renting
leasing and managing property.
LINCOLN
II. X. Bond and wife of East Jefferson
were very pleasantly surprised last Wednes-
day evening when about eighty of their rela-
tives and friends gathered at their home to
celebrate the fftieth anniversary of theiu
married life. Rev b. r. Lawrence ON be.
half of the company presented the gifts to the
couple in very pleasant little speech. In.
teresting remarks were also made by s. w
Jackson, Esq. and J. N. Bond. Those who
were present report very enjoyable occasion
PENoBscor.
The towns of Dover and Foxcroft are now
rejoicing over their new water works, which
VIII be completed in about two weeks. It is
one of the finest systems in New England.
Alba Z. Overlook of Bangor, who was
severely injured by falling block while un-
loading cargo of grain from vessel in the
rear of the store of Edwin Chick & Co., ON
"Wednesday, is still in very precarious con-
dition- There are some fears of CONGESTION
of the brain.
Messrs. Leavitt and Erskine of Garland.
VIII do some quite extensive numbering opera
tons this winter at Squaw Township, Moose
head Lake. They will employ about twenty